That amount includes $15,000 as a performance bonus, and $10,000 in severance payment.

District solicitor Michael Cassidy said Harner’s employment contract provides for up to $15,000 in an annual performance-based bonus.

“The school board, in reviewing Dr. Harner’s performance over the last school year, elected to give him the full bonus,” Cassidy said.

He said Harner has received the full bonus in previous years during his employment as superintendent for the district.

There was no specific formula in the board’s determination for the severance package amount, Cassidy said, but added that in comparison to what some outgoing superintendents have received in the Philadelphia area, for example, the amount is “not a lot”.

Harner also could receive some payout for unused sick leave, vacation or personal days, as per his contract.